Print storage and display device



Dec. 12, 1933. l. B. HICKOX PRINT STORAGE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Filed May5, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l Dec. 12, 1933.

|. B. HlCKOX 1,938,831

PRINT STORAGE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Filed May 5, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented Dec. 12, 1933 UNITEDHSTATES PRINT STORAGE AND DISPLAY DEVIC vIva B. Hickox, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 1 Application May 3, 1932. SerialNo. 608,947

7 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a device for storing prints or drawings andfor conveniently exhibiting them.

p The principal object is to provide such a de- B vice which shall beuseful both for dealers or salesmen and collectors and which will beeffective to exclude dust as well as to provide for convenience indisplaying the prints orthe like.

A further object is to provide means for avoiding 1!) handling of theprints themselves. Other and more limited objects will be in partobvious from the following description and in part pointed out inconnection therewith.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings 15 in which correspondingreference characters refer to the same parts throughout, Fig. 1 is aperspective view showing one form of my invention in closed position;Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing it in open position; Fig. 3 is a"in section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a closed view of amodified form; Fig. 5 is an open view of the form shown in Fig. 4; andFig. 6 is a fragmentary section on the line 6--6 of Fig. 5.

Referring now to the embodiment of Figs. 1

'85 to 3, the numeral 10 indicates generally a boxlike cover memberhaving a bottom and three upright walls. The upright walls are steppedas indicated at 11. Hinged along the open end of the box 10 is a backmember 12 which in one position completes the box 10 and serves as thefourth wall thereof. Hinged along the other side of the back member 12is a second cover member 13 consisting of a bottom and three uprightwalls. The upright walls of the cover 85 member 13 are of less heightthan those of the member 10 and are adapted to telescope over thereduced upper portion of the walls of the cover 10 whereby to form acomplete dust excluding receptacle. As indicated in Fig. 3, the

. 1G0 walls are covered by a suitable sized fabric or similar covering14/ I prefer to make this covering flexible and to employ it for hingingthe movable parts together. As clearly indicated in the drawings thehingingoccurs along'the lines indicated by thenumeral l5.

Secured to the cover member 10 by a flexible strip 16 are a series offlexibly connected print receiving pockets indicated generally by thenumeral 17. Each of these is indirectly flexibly connected to the othersas by being bound to the flexible strip 18 through the medium of a shortbinding member 19 and strips 21.. Each of the parts 20 comprises twosheets of fiber board, cardboard or similar somewhat stifl and resilientmaterial. These parts 20 are secured together along their ends by strips22 extending around and secured to both. It is to be imderstood thatthese parts 20 may be joined at their ends in any other suitable manneras by gluing or'sewing. The side of the portion 20 opposite 00 itshinged connection to the portion 19 is left open for insertion of themargin of a print or similar sheet 23. While it is desirable to securethe book 17 of print receiving pockets at one point 16 only whereby theparts may. assume the G5 position'shown in Fig. 1 at the beginning ofin-' spection, it is to be understood that it may be secured to the backmember 12 with satisfactory results. The pockets are preferably madesubstantially longer than the width of the prints they are to receivewhereby it will be convenient to turn over the prints, book fashion,without touching thembut merely by grasping the parts 20 at the end suchas at 22. It is to be understood that a considerably larger number of "7pockets will go into the make-up of the book 17 and that the smallnumberhas been illustrated in order to make the construction readilyunderstandable and to avoid crowding the lines of the drawings.

Referring now to the modification of Figs. 4 to 6, the numeral 25indicates a rigid cover member provided with flaps 26 attached to thefree edges'thereof and adapted to be folded over' into covering relationto the'prints. Connected 35 to the cover member 25 through the medium ofa flexible back 2'7 is a cover 28 made upof two flexibly connectedportions 29 and 30. Secured to the cover 25 are straps 31 provided withseparable fastening members adapted to cooperate with complementaryfastening members 32 on the cover portion 30. Handles 33 are attached tothe ends of the cover members 25 and 28.

Secured to the cover members 25 and '28 is a flexible sheet of fabric orthe like 34 and to this are bound as by stitching at the points 35 or inany other suitable manner a series of pairs of print receiving pocketsin book fashion substantially as described in connection with 1 Fig. 3.Inasmuch as the pockets shown in Fig. 6 are of substantially the sameconstruction as those shown in Fig. 3the same numerals are appliedthereto. It will be obvious that the modification of Figs. 4 to 6 isdesigned to be portable and especially for the use of salesmen. Thefolding cover 28 enables the positioning of this sample case foreffective display of prints in a very small table or desk space and withthe exception of the qualities of being dust-proof 110 and convenientlystored possesses substantially the advantages of the first formdescribed.

While I have described both forms with reference to use in connectionwith prints, it is to be understood that either form may likewise beused in connection with all sorts of drawings and similar sheetmaterial.

While I have shown and described the present preferred embodiments ofmyinvention I wish it understood that I am not limited to the detailsthereof except in accordance with the spirit and scope of the appendedclaim.

Having thus described my invention, what claim is: s.

prising a pair of sheets normally lying in substantial contact with eachother and joined at their ends whereby to frictionally grip a printwhoseedge is placed therebetween.

IVA B. HICKOX.

